When Jay Leno ventures out of the studio to speak with real people the results are often, well, lame.

Not so for a recent "Tonight Show" segment called "Pumpcast News." The fictional news anchor at the pump (yeah, when did that start?) asks an unsuspecting couple to sing for him. But what follows is an introduction to the world's happiest made-for-primetime couple. | May 10, 2013»Read Full Article

The idea that a collector would purchase an item such as the 300-year-old Stradivarius violin stolen from Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Frank Almond — or orchestrate such a crime — "goes against the nature of being a true collector," an FBI special agent assisting with the investigation said Monday.

The market for such a high-value art piece is very small, FBI special agent David Bass said. | Feb. 4, 2014»Read Full Article(3)

The Milwaukee County parks committee on Monday unanimously backed revising and greatly extending the county's lease with Starbucks for its downtown coffee shop at Red Arrow Park to accept some $100,000 in improvements to the park building housing the operation.

An open mic at the Northland Ballroom in Stevens Point led to a lot of open doors for Horseshoes & Hand Grenades. It was there in 2009 that five University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point college students first bonded over bluegrass music. | Feb. 3, 2014»Read Full Article(2)

Three weeks was the limit for Pitbull and Ke$ha's run at number one, as Katy Perry rides to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 this week with her newest smash hit, "Dark Horse." See the new chart topper below and then strap into the Way Back machine as we reset our look at the biggest hits this week in 2000, 1990, 1980 and 1970.

Why not lean into the weather and the snow (there's enough of it to go around) by learning how to cross-country ski. Introduction to Cross Country Skiing begins at the Urban Ecology Center in Riverside Park. Skis are provided. | Feb. 3, 2014»Read Full Blog Post